Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-11
THE ALLEGED BoMB-rHRowER.


New YORK, November 11th-A. M.-At-
torney A, P. Wagener, of No. SO Second
avenue, sent telegram to Captain Black
in Chicago last evening, stating positively
that the man who threw the bomb at the
Haymarket riot was in New York city.
Mr.. Wagner was seen by reporter at an
early hour this (Friday) morning. He said
Franz Mayhoff, who was convicted of
attempting to defraud the Greenwich In
surance Company in October, and SEN
fenced to Sing Sing, for four and a half
years, wrote to me some days ago,
and on November ID | went TO
Sing Sing where he made an affi-
davit before a Notary that he knew the
man who threw the bomb. Mayhoff said
that early in January, 1887, he was intro
duced to man named Klimann Scheutz,
by William Scharff Scharff had often
told Mayhoff that Scheutz knew all about
the Anarchists.
Two weeks later Scheutz, in talking to
Mayhof, spoke OF anarchy, dynamite and
arson, and of the bomb at the Haymarket.
He told Mayhotf he had resided in Chicago
at the time, and had to make his escape
because the police suspected he was con-
cerned
The second conversation Mayhoff had
with Scheutz was in February, when
Scheutz wanted him to help kill man
who had $1,000. Mayhof refused to have
anything to dc with him, whereupon
Scheutz said " You're no good | have
done worse than that threw the bomb
in Chicago. Others are suffering for it, but
that is none OF my business"
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satchel, and that he had them behind
the wagon at the riot. 1t had been agreed
to throw them when the police intarfered
but the latter came too late.
This is practically all thero is to
the story, although Mayhoff talked
at some length about ScheutZ show.
ing bombs at various times and
asserting that if the condemned Anarchists
were hung Grinnell and the Jury must
hang also. There was much incendiary
talk of the Herr Most style, which was in
dulged in by the seit-sccused BON b.
thrower.
Mr.. Wagner says he has great faith in
the statements made in the affidavils.
Scheutz hiss been employed in the Third
Avenue Railway repair shops.
What the Anarchist Organ Says.
CHICAGO, November 10th.-The noon is
sue of the Arbeiter Zeitaag contained a short
account of Lingg's suicide, which read ::
They have urged our courageous friend to
death. This morning he committed suicide
by placing a rifle cartridge in his mouth
and igniting II, almost resulting in instant
death"
The account goes on to say that his
friends declaration that he was insane YES
terday drove him to commit suicide.
Fischer Posing as Martyr.
New YORK, November 10th.-The Feiheit
this evening publishes long letter from
Adolf Fischer, one of the Chicago Anarch-
lists, to Herr Most in which the condemned
man bids his friend Most a last farewell
The letter is principally devoted to a glori-
fcation of the cause of Anarchy, for which
he says he is proud he is soon to become a
martyr. He oeseeches Most to always be
true to the cause, and asks that his wife
and children be looked after
Bombs Lying About Loose.
CHICAGO November 10th.-About S
o'clock tonight q bomb was found bv
Thos. Maloney in the rear of the residence
of James Brayton, on Yalestreet, in Engle-
wood. The bomb consisted of piece of
gas-pipe twelve inches long and about two
inches in diameter, filled with pieces of
iron and substance supposed to be dyna-
mite. Mr.. Brayton was one of the Jurors
who convicted the Anarchists.
The Lingg Inquest Postponed.
CHICAGO, November 10th.-Coroner Hertz
jury late this afternoon, con-
sisting of merchants doing business within
a few blocks Of the jail After viewing the
corpse of Lingg, which lay in the bath
room at the Jail, the jury adjourned until
next Wednesday.